Summary

Summary

This inspirational New York Times bestseller chronicles the lifelong friendship between a busy sales executive and a disadvantaged young boy, and how both of their lives were changed by what
began as one small gesture of kindness. “A straightforward tale of kindness and paying it forward in 1980s New York….an uplifting reminder that small gestures matter” (Kirkus Reviews).

Stopping was never part of the plan...

She was a successful ad sales rep in Manhattan. He was a homeless, eleven-year-old panhandler on the street. He asked for spare change; she kept walking. But then something stopped her in her tracks,
and she went back. And she continued to go back, again and again. They met up nearly every week for years and built an unexpected, life-changing friendship that has today spanned almost three
decades.

Whatever made me notice him on that street corner so many years ago is clearly something that cannot be extinguished, no matter how relentless the forces aligned against it. Some may call it spirit.
Some may call it heart. It drew me to him, as if we were bound by some invisible, unbreakable thread. And whatever it is, it binds us still.

Editorial Reviews

Editorial Reviews

“[A] feel-good story about the far-reaching benefits of kindness.” —Publishers Weekly

Reviews

Reviews

Author

Author Bio: Laura Schroff

Laura Schroff is a former advertising executive who has worked for some of the largest media companies in the United States, including USA Today, Condé Nast, and Time Inc., where she
helped to launch InStyle, Teen People, and People StyleWatch. Schroff lives in New York City with her feisty poodle Coco.

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Author Bio: Alex Tresniowski

Alex Tresniowski is a former human-interest writer at People and has written several books, most notably The Vendetta, which was purchased by Universal Studios and used as a
basis for the movie Public Enemies. His most recent book, An Invisible Thread, spent more than twenty weeks on the New York Times bestseller list.

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Details

Details

Format:

CD

Format:

Library CD

Available Formats :

CD, Library CD

Category:

Nonfiction/Biography

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Audio

Publisher:

Simon & Schuster Audio

CDs:

6

CDs:

6

Runtime:

7.04

ISBN:

9781797101163

ISBN:

9781797101156

Audience:

Adult

Language:

English

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